Owned since new, hit the $$$ wall a few years back around 135k miles, not the transmission, nothing major even, but pesky and money eating;
Rear air bags, solved with Arnott replacements, bags and orings, not drier or compressor which are still fine.
Front struts, replaced left twice, right once, plus some related steering bits.
Car died, won't restart, happened randomly. Replaced fuel pump assembly and few other $$$ items, turned out to be fuel pump control module fails when old and cold.
Rapid tire wear on inside front, two sets of tires, several alignments later, shop actually drilled and moved the passenger side camber plate, no issues since.
Couple of alternators failed, first maybe due to air bag leaks and compressor running down battery, second was bad rebuild.
Front end vibration, new tires, wheel balance did not fix, replaced front rotors, now fine. Suspicion is that front lug nuts over torqued and warped rotors during heat cycling.
Door ajar message, sprayed in door latch lots of WD40, repeat couple times a year, fine now.
AC compressor failed, replaced, fine now.
Idle issues, first time turned out to be PVC hose deteriorated and leaking, replaced twice now, seems fine.
High idle, no engine braking, car pull against brakes, replaced TPS twice, IAC three times, now fine seems like bad out of the box parts in the past.
Bearing failed on radiator fan motor, new parts taking too long to arrive, paid a crazy $150 for a junk yard part sourced locally, electrical connections vary in the model year and are not compatible, so finding right part took time.
Power steering rebuilt rack, issues from time to time with variable assist, maybe dying PS pump related, just replaced PS pump $$$ labor require discharge of AC.
That's about it, actually looking in SoCal for a nice low mileage second Conti, but so far a bit pricey for the 50k really clean ones, my target is about $5k for a very nice one.
Rear air bags, solved with Arnott replacements, bags and orings, not drier or compressor which are still fine.
Front struts, replaced left twice, right once, plus some related steering bits.
Car died, won't restart, happened randomly. Replaced fuel pump assembly and few other $$$ items, turned out to be fuel pump control module fails when old and cold.
Rapid tire wear on inside front, two sets of tires, several alignments later, shop actually drilled and moved the passenger side camber plate, no issues since.
Couple of alternators failed, first maybe due to air bag leaks and compressor running down battery, second was bad rebuild.
Front end vibration, new tires, wheel balance did not fix, replaced front rotors, now fine. Suspicion is that front lug nuts over torqued and warped rotors during heat cycling.
Door ajar message, sprayed in door latch lots of WD40, repeat couple times a year, fine now.
AC compressor failed, replaced, fine now.
Idle issues, first time turned out to be PVC hose deteriorated and leaking, replaced twice now, seems fine.
High idle, no engine braking, car pull against brakes, replaced TPS twice, IAC three times, now fine seems like bad out of the box parts in the past.
Bearing failed on radiator fan motor, new parts taking too long to arrive, paid a crazy $150 for a junk yard part sourced locally, electrical connections vary in the model year and are not compatible, so finding right part took time.
Power steering rebuilt rack, issues from time to time with variable assist, maybe dying PS pump related, just replaced PS pump $$$ labor require discharge of AC.
That's about it, actually looking in SoCal for a nice low mileage second Conti, but so far a bit pricey for the 50k really clean ones, my target is about $5k for a very nice one.
